Edgedancer he/him Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Just now, Quiver said: Irony being what it is, Deathwish will survive every single mission of the Dalles Suicide Squad, and put everyone in the awkward position of having to hold up their end of the deal. "See, you were supposed to, you know, die by now..." You know, Deathwish would probably be the captain Boomerang of this squad, just more useful.
Chandrian Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Wow, I realized how Epic the proportions of my hiatus were. (Get it? Epic! I'm here all night, folks.) I was on like a month long vacation, and completely forgot about finishing my post which should've been up in June. I'll try for tonight.
Quiver he/him Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) So... out of curiosity, was anything ever established for epic!Vegas? Kind of had an idea for two Vanilla characters, and thinking they'd be from either there, or the West Coast. Edited August 11, 2016 by Quiver
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, Quiver said: So... out of curiosity, was anything ever established for epic!Vegas? Kind of had an idea for two Vanilla characters, and thinking they'd be from either there, or the West Coast. We threw around a couple of jokes and thematic Epics, but I don't think we ever made anything canon.
Quiver he/him Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Just now, Edgedancer said: We threw around a couple of jokes and thematic Epics, but I don't think we ever made anything canon. Hmm... fair enough. (The idea, if anyone was wondering, was basically Bonnie and Clyde, or Thelma and Louise; a romance between two vanilla's on the run.)
Conquestor he/him Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Hey guys, i'm back! I had a new idea since I was gone and reading the Reckoners (Just so you know, I finished the series a half a year ago). So my idea for my epic is - Parth, Parth is 19 years old and before Calamity, he was disappointed in himself, but then he discovered his pwers and found a new pupose. Parth now believes himself to be the most powerful epic, so he often kills people to test himself, mostly Epics. He is also an Epic mercenary and works for whomever pays him the most. He mostly hunts other epics that would seem very dangerous to most people. His powers include - Enhancing another Epic's powers - Copying the Epic's power he is enhancing - Super Healing. He can enhance multiple powers and copy multiple powers, but is enhancing the other Epic's powers, leaving him at a disadvantage. He can also choose if he is copying the power, but his healing ability is completely passive. Weakness - That is for me to know and you to find out, well actually the GM will know, but you know what I mean. Also, the place he would be in is Salem. What do you guys think? GTG I will find out later.
Chandrian Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 39 minutes ago, Conquestor said: Hey guys, i'm back! I had a new idea since I was gone and reading the Reckoners (Just so you know, I finished the series a half a year ago). So my idea for my epic is - Parth, Parth is 19 years old and before Calamity, he was disappointed in himself, but then he discovered his pwers and found a new pupose. Parth now believes himself to be the most powerful epic, so he often kills people to test himself, mostly Epics. He is also an Epic mercenary and works for whomever pays him the most. He mostly hunts other epics that would seem very dangerous to most people. His powers include - Enhancing another Epic's powers - Copying the Epic's power he is enhancing - Super Healing. He can enhance multiple powers and copy multiple powers, but is enhancing the other Epic's powers, leaving him at a disadvantage. He can also choose if he is copying the power, but his healing ability is completely passive. Weakness - That is for me to know and you to find out, well actually the GM will know, but you know what I mean. Also, the place he would be in is Salem. What do you guys think? GTG I will find out later. Prime Invincibilities on a first character are generally disallowed. I'm not an admin, but I thought I'd let you know.
Conquestor he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Chandrian said: Prime Invincibilities on a first character are generally disallowed. I'm not an admin, but I thought I'd let you know. Well, this will probably be my only epic. I might make a few regular people, but I'm not sure yet.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 8 minutes ago, Conquestor said: Well, this will probably be my only epic. I might make a few regular people, but I'm not sure yet. Only Epic or not, no PIs for first Epics. Period. We've gotten ourselves up to our eyeballs in PIs, and the only way to fix that is to limit the number of of newcomers with PIs.
Conquestor he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Ok, what if his powers are actually - Enhance other powers - Copying the powers of anyone he is enhancing - and A gifting power? He can gift the powers he is enhancing. He also uses a sword and pistol to help him fight. @TwiLyghtSansSparkles
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 How many Epics can he copy at once, and what's the upper limit for how much he can enhance their powers? How many powers can be copy at one time, and from how many Epics?
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 I'm ok with the updated abilities pending the answers to Twi's question. We could certainly use more action in Salem lately, though I have some plans in that direction that I hope to put into action soon.
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Anyone up for a new writing prompt? If your character (From the RP or outside of it, though if it's not from the RP some backstory might be necessary) were to spontaneously develop Agoraphobia, how would that go? 2
Conquestor he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 9 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: How many Epics can he copy at once, and what's the upper limit for how much he can enhance their powers? How many powers can be copy at one time, and from how many Epics? I really don't know how much an average enhancer can enhance, so, could you guys help me with that? The upper limit of the amount of powers he can copy is ten, I think that is a good spot for it to be, but I am not sure. The way the copy ability works is, if one epic has two abilities he can copy both of those abilities, but it takes up two slots.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 44 minutes ago, Conquestor said: I really don't know how much an average enhancer can enhance, so, could you guys help me with that? The upper limit of the amount of powers he can copy is ten, I think that is a good spot for it to be, but I am not sure. The way the copy ability works is, if one epic has two abilities he can copy both of those abilities, but it takes up two slots. Ten is way too many, unless they're all Curveball-level abilities. Not even Steelheart had that many powers of his own.
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Ten is way too many, unless they're all Curveball-level abilities. Not even Steelheart had that many powers of his own. The balancing gets complicated by the fact it is coupled with the enhancing and it taking place in Salem, which means he'd have access to an enhanced version of Mouldbreaker's power and at that point the meta aspect of his powers is compunding on itself. Of course, open confrontation is already a pretty moot point in the city because of Soulcaster, so it might not actually be that big a problem.
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Just now, Edgedancer said: The balancing gets complicated by the fact it is coupled with the enhancing and it taking place in Salem, which means he'd have access to an enhanced version of Mouldbreaker's power and at that point the meta aspect of his powers is compunding on itself. Of course, open confrontation is already a pretty moot point in the city because of Soulcaster, so it might not actually be that big a problem. Yeah I don't worry too much about broken Epics in Salem because Soulcaster is a pretty great deterrent against that. Plus there's Showstopper as well.
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Just now, Voidus said: Yeah I don't worry too much about broken Epics in Salem because Soulcaster is a pretty great deterrent against that. Plus there's Showstopper as well. Now curious question, if Parth copies her canelation power, would the canceling negate each other or would her cancelling his copying take precedence?
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Just now, Edgedancer said: Now curious question, if Parth copies her canelation power, would the canceling negate each other or would her cancelling his copying take precedence? It'd go to whoever used it first I'd guess, although if they used it more or less simultaneously I'd give Showstopper the win because her power would be upgraded.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 8 minutes ago, Voidus said: Yeah I don't worry too much about broken Epics in Salem because Soulcaster is a pretty great deterrent against that. Plus there's Showstopper as well. 5 minutes ago, Edgedancer said: Now curious question, if Parth copies her canelation power, would the canceling negate each other or would her cancelling his copying take precedence? My concern with the copying limit is if he leaves Salem and goes somewhere else. Granted, it hasn't happened so far, but with Backtrack leaving Portland and then returning, there's precedent.
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: My concern with the copying limit is if he leaves Salem and goes somewhere else. Granted, it hasn't happened so far, but with Backtrack leaving Portland and then returning, there's precedent. That is a fair point, although we can always just disalow the specific character from doing do.
Chandrian Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 23 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Ten is way too many, unless they're all Curveball-level abilities. Not even Steelheart had that many powers of his own. What would be interesting would be for him to turn every power he copies into a Curveball-level ability, regardless of its original strength.
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Chandrian said: What would be interesting would be for him to turn every power he copies into a Curveball-level ability, regardless of its original strength. That would certainly be interesting, particularly in the Arena.
Conquestor he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 What is a curveball-level ability? Also, the reason he upgrades people is to give him a disadvantage and the pther person knoews how to use their powers, Parth doesn't. He has to learn how to use the powers, so, he has to big disadvantages.
Voidus Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 Just now, Conquestor said: What is a curveball-level ability? Also, the reason he upgrades people is to give him a disadvantage and the pther person knoews how to use their powers, Parth doesn't. He has to learn how to use the powers, so, he has to big disadvantages. Curveball was a minor Epic with the ability to never run out of bullets, so essentially just means really low-level.
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